...snippets from my experience of life in Bosnia and Herzegovina and beyond...

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Happy Freedom Day!

It is "Freedom Day" in South Africa today. It commemorates the day we voted in our first free elections in 1994. It was also the first time I voted as I wasn't old enough before then to vote. So, along with the majority Black South Africans, I became a "first-time voter" on that day 16 years ago. That was the day millions queued up for literally miles and waited all day, just to be able to vote!It has been 20 years since Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in prison on the 11th of February 1990. I found this great slideshow which the BBC made with photos and voice-overs from that time to commemorate the 20 years anniversary of his release. Enjoy!

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Belinda Chaplin

ABOUT ME

I am a South African living and working in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. I have been here since 2003. Before that I was in Zenica, near Sarajevo, for 2 years.

I belong to an organisation called Youth with A Mission/YWAM and serve here as a volunteer for the Humanitarian Aid Organisation "MOST" ("Bridge"), which works alongside the local Protestant Church "Hriscanska Zajednica" ("Christian Fellowship").

I hope you enjoy seeing some of what I am up to, and how I experience life as I try to bring God's love in action to the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina.